Brian Johnson from BNB Exotics

Took a peek into his Facebook and found the above as well other things that seem derogatory towards people and preferences.

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Wow, all this over a mistake that he made and not wanting to give in and get you the correct gecko or a measly $100 back, which in my opinion you should get the entire amount back for that gecko.

Thank you, vampyrebyte.
Actually, the partial refund was okay being I do indeed have an animal, not the right animal thou.

Regardless of his treatment I wasn't expecting anything for "free." After sending the CC company his threats yesterday afternoon the card company actually gave me a little over $200 back, maybe like $210. Really just sucks it had to be this way.

Originally Posted by vampyrebyte

Wow, all this over a mistake that he made and not wanting to give in and get you the correct gecko or a measly $100 back, which in my opinion you should get the entire amount back for that gecko.

Thank you, vampyrebyte.
Actually, the partial refund was okay being I do indeed have an animal, not the right animal thou.

Regardless of his treatment I wasn't expecting anything for "free." After sending the CC company his threats yesterday afternoon the card company actually gave me a little over $200 back, maybe like $210. Really just sucks it had to be this way.

Oh wow, that was extremely good of them.

It does really suck that this happened to you.
You gave him a ton of business and promoted him by saying nice things all the time.
And then he turns around and treats you like this? Thats bullshit!

Ben Howard

Originally Posted by vampyrebyte

Oh wow, that was extremely good of them.

It does really suck that this happened to you.
You gave him a ton of business and promoted him by saying nice things all the time.
And then he turns around and treats you like this? Thats bullshit!

Ben Howard

Everyones support means a lot.
Angelique N. Coe

What a mess. You clearly received the wrong leo. The head spot patterns are completely different, as well as the color saturation. The seller should have either offered a full refund, offered to pay for return shipment of the animal you didn't order and probably didn't need (or let you have the mistake animal for free), and send the actual animal you ordered. That's all standard operating procedure for a mistake. Making excuses and forcing a customer to resort to a credit card chargeback is simply unacceptable, and smacks of a scam. It makes you wonder if he ever actually had the gecko you ordered in his possession.

Originally Posted by jusmebabee

The term person of color in general is not a bad thing.
The fact that anyone mentions race is silly unless it's important to the story.
I have used the term on various occasions and still do to this day.

Anyone who has ever seen a post from Brian knows that he uses color for everything. As soon as you don't agree with him, you are a racist and it gets nasty. He's been banned from most facebook groups. I'm sure I'll be under attack now for just posting this here. He attacks breeders all the time and says how jealous they are. You couldn't pay me to take an animal from him.


That is definitely not the same gecko you paid for. I really hope he comes around, but I just don't see that happening from him. He's never wrong...

Originally Posted by Kristi23

Anyone who has ever seen a post from Brian knows that he uses color for everything. As soon as you don't agree with him, you are a racist and it gets nasty. He's been banned from most facebook groups. I'm sure I'll be under attack now for just posting this here. He attacks breeders all the time and says how jealous they are. You couldn't pay me to take an animal from him.


That is definitely not the same gecko you paid for. I really hope he comes around, but I just don't see that happening from him. He's never wrong...

I've received 2 shipments from Brian, the first went fairly well, though he did forget to include 1 female with the first shipping, and neglected to provide invoice and print out of linage he states he would. No biggie, things happen in terms of shipping, people forget and he did later post some linage details in Facebook messaging. The 2nd experience was total opposite(as you see here), unfortunately. Regardless of this experience I am grateful for the positive experiences I've had with other breeders I've purchased from and for the support from the community, thank you! Really, I hope others wont have to go through this type of thing; sad fact is others will. I encourage thosethat want to make a purchase to 1 - Use Ban Hammer Leopard Geckos group on Facebook or another reliable source to find a honest breeder. 2- If an issue comes up, try to settle the issue with the person directly, be patient, be respectful 3- Don't bash 4- come here, to the BOI with as much information as possible, if the issue isn't resolvable with the breeder 4 - Use PayPal and never provide your CC over the phone to anyone. Hopefully this experience helps educate others.

Angelique N. Coe

Email between Binti & I prior to delivery of the female that wasn't shipped in error from my original shipment. The male (wrong male) was also shipped at the same time.

After trying to resolve the problem upon delivery and being threatened by him - see post on page 1 ( I believe that is where the post shows something from him saying words similar to - I will regret shitting on him. Followed that message I stop communication and attempted to reach out approx 2 weeks late w/o a response. The next response I received was him threatening to ruin my credibility for what he calls fraud. What I truly did wasn't fraud, I simply requesting a chargeback for a partial refund from the CC company. You can also see the details on page 1 of the post, I believe.